Too Old For Lists?!

Yup, it's official. I'm old. I've come to this conclusion because of the following reasons:

1) I can't go a week without a medical complaint. Whoo-hoo, this was a fun week too. A little UTI made itself known this weekend. I don't do so well on antibiotics so I try the cranberry & homeopathic route first. I almost had it beat, but had to go on antibiotics yesterday after 4 days and 3 gallons of cranberry juice. By the way, 3 gallons of cranberry juice creates its own little set of problems. It wasn't a very good day for me yesterday. And I had a migraine on Monday. It was heading for capital M status, but I pulled the Midrin trick 4 hrs into it. I was feeling a little wiped out and cranky with the two issues combined. This month's migraine tally is 5, but only one was mega-humongous. I actually consider April a vast improvement over the previous 3 months. Once the new meds got cranking, I only had 2 little migraines. Between Topamax and the worst of weird spring weather easing off, I hope I get to reclaim my health (and ooooh, possibly my youth?!)

2) My #1 was so long I forgot what else I was going to say......

3) Oh well, I guess this applies - I got called as R.S. Enrichment Leader, and I have to say, this time around, it feels like an old lady calling. I've been in enrichment before (10 yrs worth) but I feel like I had alot more energy and resiliency then. So, PLEASE, I'm begging you, whenever you hear of any ideas, send them my way. I obviously need all the help I can get.

Since my first list didn't work so well, here's a list of some exciting things! Let's see how far I get before I get distracted and forget what else I was going to say.

1) Gib FINALLY got a haircut!!!!!!!! It took forever, but it's done. There's a boy under all that hair. A friend who's a hairdresser took pity on us, probably because her fingers were itching last Sunday just looking at that mop. I took Gib out of school early, and she squoze us into her schedule and cut his hair for an hour. I warned her. He has a ton of hair. He looks very nice. I just wish he could wear it longer; I know, odd for a mother, but I guess his hair is just too thick and there's too much of it, growing in some weird whorly pattern on his abnormally large head. Sorry Gib! That's a Wellpott gene, and you get that from Grammy!! If he'd just style it the way I keep telling him, but no apparently, that part of my Perfect Man Programming hasn't taken hold yet. So he has a "long-short" hair cut now. Anyway, he is dreading all the compliments his teachers will give him (but probably secretly looking forward to the attention). He's also warning me in advance that because his eyebrows can now be seen, he'll probably get in trouble with his teachers since he's not used to censoring them! What a goof.

2) When we turned the calendar page this morning, there was a note to myself (because I am so old I have to write notes to myself) to remind me to sign Mariah up for youth Volleyball. She is so excited!!

3) Taryn is bringing New Scary Nick over after school tomorrow. I sense a photo op. I hear he wants a mohawk now. I don't know, Mohawk Nick just doesn't have that "ring" to it.

4) As part of her Senior Project, Indy needs to complete 25 hours of community volunteer service. We considered a couple options, but her first choice was with WAVES http://www.wavesinc.com/. A coworker at my preschool works there, so I suggested it to Indy because I thought it might give her firsthand experience in the field she's interested in majoring in while at the same time meeting the graduation requirement for her senior project. She just heard back, and the director said she'd "LOVE to have her volunteer this summer" and indicated Indy would probably be in the 3-4 yr old classrooms a couple days a week from 9 am to noon. Indy hopes she loves it enough to continue volunteering there even after her hours are completed for the senior project.

5) Well, this isn't exactly exciting, (a huge relief is more like it) but Mike came back home after leaving for work this morning to remove a tiny tick from the back of Mariah's neck. I am sooo glad he was willing to turn around and come back to do that for us. Mariah was ready to choose the school nurse over putting me through it, so she was happy to have such a nice Dad too. I was brave and watched. It was gross. I hate ticks.

6) It's MAY! While May is admittedly a very exciting month (feels like summer is around the corner, school is wrapping up, etc), it also means a new payday and I can go grocery shopping! I am taking my friend's mother to the dentist (waaaaay out in the country) this afternoon and we are very food-challenged right now. So I'd better get crackin' and stock the pantry before doing my good deed. That will be my entire day. Hope yours is great!